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It’s Elon Musk’s world and we all just live in it: Tesla CEO releases Part Deux of Master Plan

Musk’s plan is a fantastical world of sustainable energy, on-demand autonomous vehicles and world class factories — and it may just work If Elon Musk could snap his fingers to create his ideal world, the Tesla Founder and CEO would create a transportation industry that no longer blurs the line between ride-sharing and autonomous driving, it would eliminate...

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Tesla and Uber have more in common than you might think

WASHINGTON, USA - MARCH 16: Heavy traffic along Interstate 395 during the morning commute in Washington, USA on March 16, 2016. On Tuesday afternoon WMATA announced that it would suspend all of it's Metro Rail service for 29 hours starting at midnight in order to conduct emergency repairs to the system after multiple fires caused by faulty connections. On average 700,000 people use the Metro on any given work day to get to and from work and they had to scramble to find alternate ways to work. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Elon Musk’s new master plan catapults Tesla into a new market; car-sharing. While the idea of Tesla car-sharing seems new, it is not the first time the company’s cars, coupled with autonomous technology, have come up in discussions about the sharing economy. Back in 2015, Steve Jurvetson, a partner at Uber investor DFJ, told an audience that Uber’s Travis Kalanick had… Read More

Mobile apps overtake mobile web in APAC, with Malaysia leading the way: MFI report

The MFI report found that Asia Pacific is a massive and growing market for app usage and app advertising, particularly in Malaysia Mobile ad platform for brands Opera Mediaworks has recently released a report titled Mobile First Insights (MFI) in APAC region, including Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The report found that Asia...

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Wealth management platform Quantifeed closes US$4.5M Series A led by PGA Venture Partners

The Hong Kong-based company plans to accelerate expansion to key Asia Pacific markets, including China Digital wealth management solutions company Quantifeed today announced that it has closed a US$4.5 million-worth of Series A led by PGA Venture Partners. The Hong Kong-based company plans to use the funding to accelerate expansion to key Asia Pacific markets,...

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Website-building platform Brandcast raises $13.9M

 Brandcast, a startup allowing marketers and designers build mobile-friendly websites without having to write code, announced today that it has raised $13.9 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Shasta Ventures with participation from ...

Omise secures US$17.5M in funding to further expand across APAC

Omise’s service will soon be available in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia Thailand online payment solutions platform Omise announced that it has secured US$17.5 million in its Series B financing round. The round was led by Japan’s leading venture capital firm SBI Investment with significant participation by undisclosed partners. Also participating are returning investors Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), Ascend Money (Southeast Asia’s Leading...

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